My name is Ian Smith and I create bespoke marquetry pictures from photographs, art work or other designs.

Every picture is unique, taking advantage of the wonderful tones and contrasts that can only be achieved

through natural wood veneers. I specialise in all sizes and subjects from miniatures up to five feet by four feet.

My work can be seen on my website:

www.themarquetryshack.com

Here are links to my facebook and twitter pages:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Marquetry-Shack/131145383722253?fref=ts

https://twitter.com/marquetryshack

When I am not working on my pictures I like to play chess, though I have been out of the scene for a while so I

thought I would give chess.com a try! I am happy to play anyone at any speed so feel free to get in touch for a

game or two. In the meantime here is a sample of my pictures, all created in wood veneers:

Dante's Head. This is based on a photograph I took of the sculpture of Dante in

Santa Croce Piazza in Florence. A lot of my work is based on my own photographs.

Desert Gas Station. This one is based on a photograph by the great American

photographer Joe Reifer. I am privileged to work in collaboration with Joe.

Car Graveyard. Based on another of Joe's photographs, of the Car Forest in Nevada

Siesta Key Sunset. I do a lot of work in Florida and this is based on one of my sunset

photographs. I am currently working on a five foot by four foot version of this for a

client in Sarasota.

Golden Sunset. The couple in this picture can also be seen on the right in the one

above - I took the photographs in Siesta Key, Fla.

Chefs take a cigarette break Young lovers in old Florence

I went to Italy last June to work on a series of pictures based on my own photographs

And thou beside me - in the wilderness The moving finger writes

These are two of a whole series of pictures based on the old Persian poem 'the

Rubayait of Omar Khayam'

Bolivian Street Scene The Long Walk

These are just a few of my pictures - you can see many more on the website. Thanks

for checking out my profile!

ArtIstinwood